Has anyone connected their favorite transport through the OPPO 105 for comparison ?

Thank you Cooper52,

Both ideas are excellent and I hope the second is most applicable in my situation.  I’ve long enjoyed a Proceed PDT-3 and AVP2+6,  3-way active crossovers for my fronts and a Proceed AMP5 and Lexicon LX-7 amps to power both 2-channel and multi-channel.

My older OPPO 981 DVD player is dated and 2 days ago, likely bit the dust after OPPO replaced the power supply 2 years back. The AVP2 may need service before long, and the OPPO 105 will certainly upgrade my OPPO 981.  I’m hoping a OPPO 105D may be a possible substitute for both the 981 and AVP2 (if sent for service or not), especially if the PDT-3 may enhance a new OPPO 105D’s CD musical sound quality.  

I should just buy one and run tests considering the return policy, although I’d like to hear others experiences ! Many happy audiophiles substituted a 105 for older processors.  I’m surprised I couldn’t locate sound quality comments about connecting older, high end transports to the OPPO 105’s RCA digital inputs, as a comparison to the OPPO’s internal transport, especially for 2-channel listening.

  

  

The 105D weakness is the dac section.  It works fine as a transport.  However, I find my old Sony ES is marginally better sonically and light years ahead ergonomically.

Thanks rhljazz,
"It works fine as a transport. However, I find my old Sony ES is marginally better sonically and light years ahead ergonomically.”

I plan to keep my processor connected to sound check different configurations with familiar recordings. Lastly, if I remove my processor, the front mains have 3-way active stereo crossovers with analog volume controls. When the 105’s connected directly to my amps without a processor, I can keep the OPPO’s digital volume controller 10/10 for max resolution.  Dan